Another
style, another feeling... After I received some pure Death Metal, some modern
Metal and a few traditional Heavy Metal CDís for review I am now listening to
Stiletto. This band contains musicians you might know; David Steele and Kenny
Gaetros from Double Dealer. When I tell you these guys already have a wide
history in the world of AOR, Hard Rock etc. you canít be surprised if I say
Stiletto delivered an album that AOR fans will adore.

At
our website we receive a very wide range of albums that belong to the big family
of Heavy Metal. From Black and Death Metal all over Thrash, Heavy Metal, Power
Metal, Gothic, Hard Rock and AOR. And yes, AOR for sure belongs to it and I
admit this is a style I always loved. Bands like Survivor, Nightranger, Prophet,
Phenomena and the more melodic albums of for example Def Leppard and MSG deserve
their place in my collection.

Going
back to this album I promise you one after another superb AOR song with majestic
vocals and shredding guitars. In donít know which of both are the most
spectacular, indeed the listener will be astonished by the talent of both
musicians. The guitars are sensitive, fast fingered and they seduce the listener
to play along with his imaginary guitar. The vocals are strong and wide ranged,
David Steel has golden lungs and delivers fantastic and emotional vocal lines
when necessary, he is a pure Rock star at other moments! Stiletto ainít in
particular a band but besides previous members thereís a whole bunch of guest
musicians.

This
album contains some older and newer stuff but after all it is full of first
class songs. If youíre into the softer side of Heavy Rock / Metal you should
give this release a fair chance. AOR fans shouldnít doubt buying this goodie.
Check the band out at: http://www.myspace.com:80/stilettocanada
or http://www.renegadesounds.com
Maybe itís about time for a revival of AOR and other great FM Eighties Rock
bands.